Join us Saturday at the Plumas Sierra County Fair in East Quincy for our 2nd Annual Firefighters Muster. Start your day off right by attending the Quincy FPD pancake breakfast beginning at 7am at the fire house at 505 Lawrence St, running until 10am. Then cruise south--east through town to watch the Fair Parade, starting at 10:00am. The parade route starts at Main Street and Lindan Avenue, then proceeds west on Main Street, circling around the courthouse, heading east on Jackson street, and returning to the staging area on Lindan Avenue.

Then, head over to the Plumas Sierra County Fairgrounds, and enjoy the many activities, events, great food, and displays. The Firefighter Muster starts by 3pm, following a competitor event & safety briefing, and will conclude no later than 6pm. Defending Champions Quincy FPD will be back, along with competitors from many local FD's.

We are located directly north from the Fair front gate entryway, just past the old USFS Fire Lookout, and just west of the Sierra Pacific Mill and a huge pile of logs. Muster T-Shirts will be on sale, along with a nearby vendor selling Minerva Incident shirts that benefits Quincy FPD with a portion of the proceeds. Hope to see you there!

We are pleased to have been awarded a weekend off-campus course from the National Fire Academy and the U.S. Fire Administration, part of FEMA. Each year California gets several of these types of courses, coordinated through the California State Fire Marshal's Office, part of Cal-Fire.

Scheduled on October 14 & 15 is the NFA Course titled "Wildland Urban Interface Firefighting for the Structural Company Officer, #FO610. The target audience is "Company Officers or Chief Officers who may be in command of a single resource or Strike Team at the scene of a wildland/WUI incident." The course description and sign-up info is on the flyer below.

We are postponing the start of the CFSTES Driver Operator 1A course until September, due to the Minerva Incident responses and coverage, and the upcoming Muster event. The Muster is still on for Saturday, August 12 at the Plumas Sierra County Fair in Quincy.

We will be posting photos of the Minerva Incident taken by local photographers and Quincy FPD members Kim Eliason, Joanne Burgueno, and others soon.